At the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, a "patient safety room of horrors" is helping medical students and residents identify hospital room mistakes before they occur, according to a blog post on the AMA Wire.

The severity of a patient's mental health condition may be linked to increased emergency department use, according to a study published in Jama Network Open.

The Oregon Legislature's $5 million public health modernization investment lets counties share staff resources to better prepare for and address communicable disease threats, according to a report cited by KTVZ.

A checklist that focuses on pain assessment and exercise can help reduce intensive care unit patients' risk of developing long-term mental effects, such as dementia and confusion, NPR reports.

Since the Ebola outbreak of 2014, hospitals in the U.S. have drastically improved their ability to deal with emerging infectious diseases, according to a report from HHS' Office of Inspector General. However, most hospitals voiced concerns about maintaining this level…

The Office of National Drug Control Policy, Ad Council and Truth Initiative created a new drug prevention ad as part of the White House's "The Truth About Opioids" public awareness campaign, which targets young adults between ages 18 to 24.

Researchers at the University of Sherbrooke in Quebec, Canada, found children often receive substandard pain management care when treated in a nonpediatric emergency department, according to research presented Sept. 13 at the International Association for the Study of Pain's World…

It’s ironic that an industry whose mission is to treat the ills of others is facing an epidemic of its own.

Members of a Congolese rebel group killed 15 civilians and kidnapped a dozen children from an Ebola treatment center in the city of Beni Oct. 20. Two medical workers were also killed in a separate attack on the same day,…

Durham, N.C.-based Duke University Hospital in November will launch Sepsis Watch, a system that uses artificial intelligence to help identify patients in the early stages of sepsis, according to IEEE Spectrum.